News in :90 – Sept. 17. 2024

Florida law enforcement will launch a criminal investigation of the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, Governor Ron DeSantis said Tuesday. The suspect did not fire any shots, never had Trump in his line of sight and sped away after an agent who spotted him shot in his direction, officials said. 

He was arrested in a neighboring county. It was the second apparent assassination attempt targeting Trump in months.

Dozens of people were wounded in Beirut’s suburbs and other parts of Lebanon after their handheld pagers exploded Tuesday, Lebanese state media and security officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear if people were killed.  

A senior military intelligence official and an official with a Lebanese group with knowledge of the situation said that pagers carried by Hezbollah members were detonated. The second official said it was believed to be an Israeli attack.

The Pop and Rock club organized a live concert at Scooter’s Saturday night displaying the expansive musical talent at St. Thomas. These student acts were influenced by the 480 Collective, a student-run record label created within the music business department as a senior capstone project last semester.  

Junior and club president Ben Barrett said he hopes to put on a similar concert every month with a fresh batch of UST talent so that student-produced music is more openly accessible on campus.

Sabrina Thompson can be reached at thom4836@stthomas.edu.